Fabric sample or swatch.



Patented Feb 6,1917

, INVENTOR ATTUREYS R. SCHEY.

FABRIC SAMPLE 0R SWATCH.

APPLICATION FlLED FEB. 20. 1914.

ROBERT SCHEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FABRIC SAMPLE OB, SWATCH.

Application filed February 20, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT Sonny, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. FabricSamples or Swatches, of which the following is a'specification.

My invention relates to improvements in samples or swatches of fabricfor displaying material adapted more particularly for use in makingdresses or other articles of wearing apparel, and has for its object toprovide a sample of such fabric upon which a reproduction of a dress orother article of wearing apparel is printed or otherwise produced inoutline, in black or in colors,.for the purpose of indicating to aprospective purchaser how the particular material will look when made upas a dress or other article of wearing apparel.

Other objects of my invention will appear from the descriptionhereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in theappended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1illustrates a face view of a sample or swatch of undyed materialincluding my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of a sample ofthe same material after it has been dyed.

As illustrated, the drawings represent a sample or swatch of fabric 1 ofa certain texture or weave before the said fabric has been dyed orotherwise colored. Upon this sample of undyed fabric or material isproduced an outline 2 of a dress or other article of wearing appareleither represented upon a human figure as illustrated or otherwise asmay be desired, the said outline being printed or otherwise producedupon the fabric preferably so as to appear only upon one surfacethereof. The sample 1 may show this outline alone to indicate how thedress or the like will appear when made of said material before it isdyed, or in other Words in white. In order to show how the partic-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 6, 1917.

Serial No. 319,893.

ular material will look when made of the same material after it has beendyed or printed, I accompany the above sample 1 with an additionalsample 3 of the same fabric shown in Fig. 2 and dyed in any color and inthis case as indicated at -%L fill in the said outline on the sample 1.in a color to correspond with the dyed sample 3. In other words if theoutline is filled in in blue a sample 3 of the same material dyed bluewill accompany the sample 1 or if filled in in brown, a brown sample 3will accompany the same and so on, the color filled in in the outline ineach case corresponding with the color of the dyed sample 3. It will ofcourse be understood that a number of undyed samples of material eithershowing the outline alone or each showing an outline filled in in adifferent color and accompanied by samples of correspondingly dyedmaterial may be provided. Thus if the prospective purchaser decides upona white garment or the like all that is necessary in order to obtain anidea of how such garment will look, is to turn to the sample of undyedfabric showing the mere outline thereof. Similarly if the purchaserdecides upon a blue fabric it is only necessary to turn to the undyedsample containing an outline filled in in blue in order to definitelyascertain just how this blue fabric will look when made up. It willreadily be seen that the same is true of any of the other colors whichmay be displayed in the collection. of samples. My improvement thusprovides a sample illustrating the appearance of the weave or texture ofthe fabric before being dyed and also showing how a garment made up ofsuch material when dyed a particular color will look and at the sametime provides a sample of the goods actually dyed to show for instancehow said material takes the dye and its actual appearance after beingdyed.

In some cases the outline of the garment or the like may be produced ona sample of dyed fabric, and in other cases this outline when soproduced on a sample of dyed fabric may be filled in With differentshades of the color in Which the said sample is dyed or in contrastingcolors.

Various changes in the form shown and 5 described may be made Within thescope of the claim Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim: A sample of the kind described compris- 10 ing a specimen ofundyed fabric, and a representation of a garment or the like produced incolor only upon one surface thereof soas to cover only a portion of saids11r face.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 15 my hand in the presence -oftWo subscribing Witnesses.

ROBERT SCHEY.

lVitnesses JOHN A. KEHLENBECK, FRITZ ZIEGLER, Jr.

Copies. of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

